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Lower bounding the Folkman numbers $F_v(a_1, ..., a_s; m - 1)$

Combinatorics 2019-03-28 v1

Abstract

For a graph GG the expression Gv(a1,...,as)G \overset{v}{\rightarrow} (a_1, ..., a_s) means that for every ss-coloring of the vertices of GG there exists i{1,...,s}i \in \{1, ..., s\} such that there is a monochromatic aia_i-clique of color ii. The vertex Folkman numbers Fv(a1,...,as;m1)=min{V(G):Gv(a1,...,as)\mboxandKm1⊈G}.F_v(a_1, ..., a_s; m - 1) = \min\{\vert V(G)\vert : G \overset{v}{\rightarrow} (a_1, ..., a_s) \mbox{ and } K_{m - 1} \not\subseteq G\}. are considered, where m=i=1s(ai1)+1m = \sum_{i = 1}^{s}(a_i - 1) + 1. We know the exact values of all the numbers Fv(a1,...,as;m1)F_v(a_1, ..., a_s; m - 1) when max{a1,...,as}6\max\{a_1, ..., a_s\} \leq 6 and also the number Fv(2,2,7;8)=20F_v(2, 2, 7; 8) = 20. In \cite{BN15a} we present a method for obtaining lower bounds on these numbers. With the help of this method and a new improved algorithm, in the special case when max{a1,...,as}=7\max\{a_1, ..., a_s\} = 7 we prove that Fv(a1,...,as;m1)m+11F_v(a_1, ..., a_s; m - 1) \geq m + 11 and this bound is exact for all mm. The known upper bound for these numbers is m+12m + 12. At the end of the paper we also prove the lower bounds 19Fv(2,2,2,4;5)19 \leq F_v(2, 2, 2, 4; 5) and 29Fv(7,7;8)29 \leq F_v(7, 7; 8).

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@article{arxiv.1711.01535,
  title  = {Lower bounding the Folkman numbers $F_v(a_1, ..., a_s; m - 1)$},
  author = {Aleksandar Bikov and Nedyalko Nenov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01535},
  year   = {2019}
}